Communicable Diseases Surveillance - Tables - LabVISE

This report published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27, No 3, September 2003 contains an analysis and tables of notifiable diseases and laboratory data, and quarterly surveillance reports.

There were 5,331reports received by the Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme (LabVISE) in the reporting period, 1 April to 30 June 2003 (Tables 5 and 6).

Table 5. Virology and serology laboratory reports by State or Territory1 for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2003, and total reports for the year2

State or Territory1

This period 2003

This period 2002

Year to date 20033

Year to date 2002

ACT

NSW

NT

Qld

SA

Tas

Vic

WA

Measles, mumps, rubella

Measles virus

-

-

-

-

2

-

21

1

24

4

38

9

Mumps virus

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

6

6

11

Rubella virus

-

-

-

1

2

-

-

1

4

29

12

49

Hepatitis viruses

Hepatitis A virus

1

-

1

8

5

-

-

4

19

18

36

39

Hepatitis D virus

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

2

2

8

3

Arboviruses

Ross River virus

1

46

4

809

3

-

-

36

899

146

1,111

348

Barmah Forest virus

-

39

1

219

1

-

-

3

263

63

340

129

Dengue type 1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

3

1

Dengue not typed

-

1

2

-

-

-

-

4

7

34

22

144

Flavivirus (unspecified)

-

-

-

62

-

-

3

-

65

18

104

28

Adenoviruses

Adenovirus type 40

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9

9

12

20

21

Adenovirus not typed/pending

-

23

6

8

118

-

3

42

200

204

400

369

Herpes viruses

Herpes virus type 6

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

2

-

Cytomegalovirus

7

35

-

30

122

4

8

-

206

246

467

538

Varicella-zoster virus

1

24

5

174

52

1

11

92

360

404

776

896

Epstein-Barr virus

1

4

11

158

152

-

16

36

378

384

836

883

Other DNA viruses

Molluscum contagiosum

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

7

9

12

Contagious pustular dermatitis (Orf virus)

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

2

-

Parvovirus

-

-

-

14

3

-

22

12

51

76

100

174

Picornavirus family

Coxsackievirus A16

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

3

2

Coxsackievirus B3

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

Echovirus type 9

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

6

5

14

Echovirus type 11

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

2

1

Poliovirus type 1 (uncharacterised)

-

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

10

16

14

Poliovirus type 2 (uncharacterised)

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

6

2

8

Rhinovirus (all types)

1

46

1

1

2

-

-

54

105

100

229

194

Enterovirus not typed/pending

-

1

1

7

-

-

-

19

28

141

67

266

Picornavirus not typed

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

2

-

4

12

Ortho/paramyxoviruses

Influenza A virus

-

6

-

12

75

-

1

2

96

289

198

390

Influenza B virus

-

-

-

-

26

-

-

4

30

204

57

230

Parainfluenza virus type 1

-

4

-

-

3

-

1

1

9

141

25

183

Parainfluenza virus type 2

1

9

-

1

15

-

-

1

27

36

46

45

Parainfluenza virus type 3

-

15

-

6

53

-

-

7

81

89

192

150

Parainfluenza virus type 4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

1

1

Respiratory syncytial virus

-

261

1

54

38

3

4

25

386

981

521

1,106

Other RNA viruses

HTLV-1

-

-

1

-

2

-

-

-

3

1

7

1

Rotavirus

-

14

-

-

13

2

1

42

72

295

131

386

Calicivirus

-

-

2

1

-

-

-

43

46

-

80

8

Norwalk agent

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

-

8

86

35

137

Other

Chlamydia trachomatis not typed

6

116

7

397

298

18

2

197

1,041

956

2,272

1,879

Chlamydia pneumoniae

2

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

5

9

7

Chlamydia psittaci

-

1

-

1

1

-

21

-

24

16

41

28

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

3

30

3

91

40

5

53

4

229

301

429

583

Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)

1

-

-

9

21

-

4

1

36

53

92

112

Rickettsia australis

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

1

1

1

Rickettsia tsutsugamushi

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

1

-

Streptococcus group A

1

3

-

83

-

-

39

-

126

123

271

217

Streptococcus group B

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

75

1

Yersinia enterocolitica

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

3

4

Brucella abortus

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

1

2

1

Bordetella pertussis

4

6

-

10

52

-

42

-

114

193

250

564

Legionella pneumophila

-

-

-

-

1

-

6

1

8

30

50

46

Legionella longbeachae

-

-

-

-

6

-

5

6

17

15

27

22

Legionella species

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

3

4

5

Cryptococcus species

-

-

-

4

5

-

-

-

9

8

12

14

Leptospira species

-

-

-

5

-

-

-

-

5

5

11

16

Treponema pallidum

-

17

-

122

154

-

-

3

296

411

668

690

Entamoeba histolytica

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

1

3

10

6

15

Toxoplasma gondii

-

1

-

1

5

-

-

-

7

5

21

15

Echinococcus granulosus

-

-

-

-

6

-

-

-

6

10

11

20

Total

31

720

46

2,288

1,276

33

281

656

5,331

6,192

10,170

11,042

1. State or Territory of postcode, if reported, otherwise State or Territory of reporting laboratory.
2. From January 2000 data presented are for reports with report dates in the current period. Previously reports included all data received in that period.
3. Totals comprise data from all laboratories. Cumulative figures are subject to retrospective revision, so there may be discrepancies between the number of new notifications and the increment in the cumulative figure from the previous period.
- No data received this period.

Table 6. Virology and serology laboratory reports by laboratories for the reporting period 1 April to 30 June 20031

State or Territory

Laboratory

April 2003

May 2003

June 2003

Total this period

Australian Capital Territory

The Canberra Hospital

7

6

5

18

New South Wales

Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead

69

96

18

183

New Children's Hospital, Westmead

36

96

119

251

Repatriation General Hospital, Concord

-

-

-

-

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown

5

20

20

45

South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool

36

3

92

131

Queensland

Queensland Medical Laboratory, West End

941

983

492

2,416

Townsville General Hospital

-

-

-

-

South Australia

Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide

406

474

394

1,274

Tasmania

Northern Tasmanian Pathology Service, Launceston

10

10

14

34

Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart

-

-

-

-

Victoria

Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne

12

8

-

20

Rickettsia Reference Laboratory, Geelong*

-

-

-

-

Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

25

40

31

96

Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield

67

57

38

162

Western Australia

PathCentre Virology, Perth

8

329

317

654

Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth

-

-

-

-

Western Diagnostic Pathology

-

47

-

47

Total

1,622

2,169

1,540

5,331

1. The complete list of laboratories reporting for the 12 months, January to December 2003, will appear in every report regardless of whether reports were received in this reporting period. Reports are not always received from all laboratories.
- Nil reports

This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 27, No 3, September 2003.